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Customers and workers will pay the price of cutting tipped wages, Michigan restaurant owners say
GRAND RAPIDS, MI – Michigan restaurant owners are warning that recent changes to the state’s tipped wage laws will have a “devastating” effect on local businesses. Those changes, they say, will result in higher prices for customers and risk jobs for workers. A state Supreme Court...
Is Mother Nature Sending Michigan Nasty Messages?
Many of us Michiganders have plenty to say about Mother Nature when the weather ruins our plans, but is she sending nasty messages to us via weather radar maps?. Michiganders are lucky to get a good balance of all four seasons. It is not perfect each year but still great to experience.
SMART drivers' union agrees to new contract, becoming highest-paid in the state
SMART bus drivers just became the highest-paid bus operators in the state of Michigan after a new contract between the Amalgamated Transit Union and the SMART board was ratified on Thursday. According to a release from SMART, the ATU shook hands on a new contract that includes a 32% wage increase, an enhanced 401(a) retirement plan, health care improvements and a strong tuition and student loan repayment program. The wage increase will come in two parts, with...
Warning! Another Big Scam is in Michigan!
Remember last year when Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel issued an alert to make Michigan residents aware of a scam with individuals claiming to be home or business security sales representatives. These low life's were showing up at homes and claiming to work for ADT, a contractor hired by ADT,...
MyMichigan Health finalizes Ascension ASC acquisition
Midland-based MyMichigan Health has finalized the acquisition of several Michigan-based Ascension facilities, including a Saginaw-based ASC and a Tawas-based surgery center, according to an Aug. 1 report from the Detroit Free Press. The deal was originally announced in March and is the second recent deal that Ascension has made with...
Michigan men charged for allegedly defrauding Amazon of more than $50,000
(CBS DETROIT) - Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel announced that two Detroit-area men have been charged with allegedly defrauding Amazon of more than $50,000.Ali F. Habash, 28, of Canton, was arraigned on six counts of false pretenses, $1,000 or more, but less than $20,000, one count of uttering and publishing, one count of forgery and one count of continuing a criminal enterprise, a 20-year felony, according to a release.In addition, Ahmed Al-Bahia,22, also of Canton, was charged with one count of false pretenses, $1,000 or more but less than $20,000.Amazon contacted Nessel's office in February after the company found 32...
Michigan EGLE reports harmful algae blooms at Vandercook Lake
VANDERCOOK LAKE, Mich. (WILX) - Michigan’s Department of Environment, Great Lakes, and Energy (EGLE) reported a potential Harmful Algal Bloom (HAB) on Vandercook Lake. EGLE reported the potential algae bloom on Aug. 1. They listed the following precautions:. DO NOT touch water or shoreline with algal blooms. DO NOT...
WATCH: Republicans running for 109th State House District answer questions ahead of primary
MARQUETTE, Mich. (WLUC) - Three Republican candidates hope to advance to November in the race for the 109th State House District seat. Rep. Jenn Hill, D-Marquette, currently holds the seat. She faces a three-way primary next week on Aug. 6. The Republican candidates on the ballot are former TV meteorologist...
KALAMAZOO TO THE SOO | Senator Gary Peters going on annual motorcycle tour across MI
MICHIGAN, USA — U.S. Senator Gary Peters announced he's taking his annual motorcycle tour across Michigan next week. On Wednesday, Aug. 7 Peters' "Kalamazoo to the Soo" tour will begin in Kalamazoo. Throughout the tour, he will stop in Wyoming, Traverse City and Sault Ste. Marie before ending in...
Michigan Recall Widens: 7M Pounds Of Deli Meat Now Affected
As the investigation into the recent deadly outbreak of listeria food poisoning intensifies, Boar's Head has announced a significant expansion of its deli meat recall. The company is now recalling an additional 7 million pounds of ready-to-eat products produced at its Virginia plant,. As we told you recently, Boar's Head...